Getting an Upgrade

Jubal and I got an upgrade, to which we were pretty darn excited.  Our Friend the Farmer needed a little bit of help trimming a small section of a big field.  (A big field as in acres, growing hay for money, farming upgrade… it was the real Mc Coy.)   I had been cleaning up our pasture with Jubal and our ‘brush hog’, which is like a very large, powerful lawn mower attachment.  Seeing Glory Farm’s fierce-some tractor twosome and the smile on my face, had given Our Friend the idea to ask us (Jubal and I) to help him trim this patch.

All the farmers in the valley are getting ready for the growing season by cleaning out their ditches and getting their irrigation pipes in place.  Most of the ditches can be burned clean, however there are a few areas that just cannot be burned as the flames would be uncontrollable and ‘whoops’ is not a farmer’s favorite word.  It was this type of strip along the canal, that needed to be mowed down.

A big open field for our ‘office’ and it was a beautiful day.  We were ready for real farming action.

As I discussed my upgrade to the big field with My Loving Spouse, I said, “Okay, if I’m going out to the big field, maybe it is time to learn a few more gears.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, all I know how to drive is first and reverse.”

(Hey, stop laughing, you can do a lot of work with just those two gears!  I only know two crochet stitches too, but I’ve managed to crochet a lot of blankets with just 2 stitches).  However, it was time to expand, so I doubled my knowledge and learned not one, but two more gears, road gear and second.  You should see me now!

I mowed the edge of the canal and Jubal and I were doing great, quite pleased with ourselves.  The only real issue was it didn’t take very long, no matter we did our best mowing away happily.  Was it a success?  I imagine it was, as I passed with flying colors the final request by both My Loving Spouse and Our Friend the Farmer…

“Please whatever you do, just don’t drive into the canal!”